Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media. — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
People's attention spans are a little shorter these days. Same thing with food and movies. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Things stop being funny if you have to explain them to people, especially if they need excellent attention spans.” — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans. — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
Our attention spans have become shorter because there are more and more claims upon them - more information, more complexity; more stories,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
In this fragmented world, with such short attention spans, you've got a couple of episodes to make an impression. And if you… — David Walton Copy Share Image
I think people are really desperate for conversations. I'm really fascinated by the idea that at the same time, the internet is… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
There's time limits on how long people's attention spans will work. There's six weeks in each territory that you're really famous, then… — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
People's attention spans, first of all, aren't always long enough. You also want to not be preachy. You want to be able… — Stephen Glover Copy Share Image
I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I know everyone says attention spans are shorter now, and if you can't get them in the first 20 seconds, you lost… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
I think there was a sense that the impact was being lost because the audience was so familiar with the form. You… — Jim Lampley Copy Share Image
With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
“risks that our attention spans will fail have risen. Studies from Yale, UCLA, Harvard, Berkeley, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
We live in a time of short attention spans and long stories. The short attention spans are seen as inevitable, the consequence… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Attention spans are shrinking on a daily basis, and it's getting harder to make an impression that lasts. So the fact that… — Sam Fogarino Copy Share Image
We're not cognitively equipped to deal with it. And it's becoming a problem, frankly. It's part of the reason why I quit… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Mid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans. — John Gutfreund Copy Share Image
The problems with kids having short attention spans is driven by entertainment, reset buttons on games, games having to do with getting… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
“Ten years ago, we would have been writing perfect stories, but people's attention spans have become more limited in these, the last… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I almost feel like if I didn't have the gallery and museum content it would be easy to get lost. People's attention… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
I'm very conscious of people having pretty short attention spans: I know, I'm guilty of it. I'm 17 now: what happens by… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Now, for my younger viewers out there, a book is something we used to have before the internet. It’s sort of a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
